"lepus" meaning in Latin

See lepus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɫɛ.pʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlɛː.pus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps not an Indo-European word. It may be of Iberian origin, or else of Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot λεβηρίς (lebērís, “European rabbit”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|la|qsb-ibe}}, {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{der|la|xib|-}} Iberian, {{der|la|xce|-}} Celtiberian, {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|lepus<3.-N>|g=m}} lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lepus<3.-N>}} Forms: leporis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lepus [nominative, singular], leporēs [nominative, plural], leporis [genitive, singular], leporum [genitive, plural], leporī [dative, singular], leporibus [dative, plural], leporem [accusative, singular], leporēs [accusative, plural], lepore [ablative, singular], leporibus [ablative, plural], lepus [singular, vocative], leporēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a hare Tags: declension-3, masculine Coordinate_terms (hare): cunīculus, dasypūs
    Sense id: en-lepus-la-noun-D0dY74lu Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Hares Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 24 42 34 Disambiguation of Hares: 66 28 6 Disambiguation of 'hare': 72 26 2
  2. a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lepus-la-noun-ynCoqvOC Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Fish Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 69 27 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 24 42 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 61 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 76 22 Disambiguation of Fish: 0 86 14
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Lepus Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lepus-la-noun-qn8TkDxK Categories (other): Constellations, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 24 42 34 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leporārius, leporīnus, lepusculus

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "leporārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "leporīnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lepusculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Gallurese",
              "lang_code": "sdn",
              "word": "lepparu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Sassarese",
              "lang_code": "sdc",
              "word": "lepparu"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "leppore"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "ljepuri"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "word": "iepure"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "lepur"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Balkano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "lepra"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "levra"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "lang_code": "dlm",
          "word": "lipro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lèprio"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lèvaro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lèvero"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lèvro"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "lepre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "lèbbre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "lèparu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "lèpra"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Maltese",
              "lang_code": "mt",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "liebru"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "lepru"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "mt",
              "raw_tags": [
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            }
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "lebbru"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Maltese",
              "lang_code": "mt",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "liebru"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "dièvuru"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "lievro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "lang_code": "fur",
          "word": "jeur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "liever"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "lieur"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Emilian",
          "lang_code": "egl",
          "word": "lîvra"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "lang_code": "lij",
          "word": "levre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "legor"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "légur"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "lang_code": "pms",
          "word": "levr"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "lang_code": "rgn",
          "word": "lìvri"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Italic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
              "lang_code": "frp",
              "word": "liévra"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old French",
              "lang_code": "fro",
              "word": "lievre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Northern",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "llebre"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Occitan",
              "lang_code": "oc",
              "word": "lèbre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Southern",
          "lang_code": "sdh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "llebre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "liebre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "liepre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "liapre"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "lebre"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "lebre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "lebre"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "llebre"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mirandese",
              "lang_code": "mwl",
              "word": "lhiebre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole",
          "word": "lliebre"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "llebre"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mirandese",
              "lang_code": "mwl",
              "word": "lhiebre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole",
          "word": "liebre"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ladino",
              "lang_code": "lad",
              "word": "liebre"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Tagalog",
                  "lang_code": "tl",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "liyebre"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "word": "liebre"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Spanish",
          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "liebre"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ido",
              "lang_code": "io",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "leporo"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "leporo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "lang_code": "ia",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "lepore"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Translingual",
          "lang_code": "mul",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Lepus"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "λεβηρίς",
      "λεβηρίς#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qsb-ibe"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "xib",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Iberian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "xce",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtiberian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps not an Indo-European word. It may be of Iberian origin, or else of Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot λεβηρίς (lebērís, “European rabbit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leporis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lepus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporī",
      "links": [
        [
          "leporī",
          "lepori#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lepore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lepus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leporēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lepus<3.-N>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lepus<3.-N>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 42 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 28 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Hares",
          "orig": "la:Hares",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 2",
          "sense": "hare",
          "word": "cunīculus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 26 2",
          "sense": "hare",
          "word": "dasypūs"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Sextus sees the hare.",
          "text": "Sextus videt leporem.",
          "translation": "Sextus sees the hare.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 15.100",
          "text": "et lepus inpavidus mediīs errāvit in arvīs",
          "translation": "and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hare"
      ],
      "id": "en-lepus-la-noun-D0dY74lu",
      "links": [
        [
          "hare",
          "hare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 69 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 42 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 61 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 76 22",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 86 14",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "la:Fish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.",
          "ref": "23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Nātūrālis Historia 32.3",
          "text": "Nōn sunt minus mīra quae dē lepore marīnō trāduntur.",
          "translation": "No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare"
      ],
      "id": "en-lepus-la-noun-ynCoqvOC",
      "links": [
        [
          "poisonous",
          "poisonous"
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        [
          "sea fish",
          "sea fish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Constellations",
          "orig": "la:Constellations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 42 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The following story of the Hare has been recorded.",
          "ref": "Hyginus, Dē Astronomiā",
          "text": "Leporis autem hanc historiam memoriae prōdidērunt.",
          "translation": "The following story of the Hare has been recorded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Lepus"
      ],
      "id": "en-lepus-la-noun-qn8TkDxK",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
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        [
          "Lepus",
          "Lepus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) the constellation Lepus"
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫɛ.pʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛː.pus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "History of Marseille#Antiquity"
  ],
  "word": "lepus"
}
{
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Celtiberian",
    "Latin terms derived from Iberian",
    "Latin terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate",
    "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    "la:Fish",
    "la:Hares"
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      "sense": "hare",
      "word": "cunīculus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hare",
      "word": "dasypūs"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leporārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "leporīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lepusculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Gallurese",
              "lang_code": "sdn",
              "word": "lepparu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Sassarese",
              "lang_code": "sdc",
              "word": "lepparu"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "leppore"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "ljepuri"
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        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "word": "iepure"
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        {
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          "lang_code": "sq",
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            "borrowed"
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        }
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          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
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      "form": "leporem",
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      "form": "leporēs",
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          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
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      "form": "lepore",
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      "form": "leporibus",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "lepus",
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        "vocative"
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          "leporēs",
          "lepores#Latin"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Sextus sees the hare.",
          "text": "Sextus videt leporem.",
          "translation": "Sextus sees the hare.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 15.100",
          "text": "et lepus inpavidus mediīs errāvit in arvīs",
          "translation": "and hares wandered, unafraid, among the fields",
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        }
      ],
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        "a hare"
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        [
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.",
          "ref": "23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Nātūrālis Historia 32.3",
          "text": "Nōn sunt minus mīra quae dē lepore marīnō trāduntur.",
          "translation": "No less wonderful, too, are the particulars which we find stated relative to the sea-hare.",
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          "ref": "Hyginus, Dē Astronomiā",
          "text": "Leporis autem hanc historiam memoriae prōdidērunt.",
          "translation": "The following story of the Hare has been recorded.",
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈɫɛ.pʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈlɛː.pus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "History of Marseille#Antiquity"
  ],
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}

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